Job summary
Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) operates a centralised Transformation & Change function, enabling the Trust to deliver its major change programmes, to improve outcomes and deliver better value.
The Senior Transformation Programme Manager will lead and manage strategic transformation programmes within the Trust. The role will be responsible for driving change initiatives aimed at improving clinical services, patient care, and operational efficiency across the organisation. The post holder will play a critical role in implementing strategic changes, ensuring that programmes are aligned with the organisation's overall vision and objectives. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Transformation and Change, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, senior leaders, and external stakeholders to ensure timely, cost-effective, and impactful programme delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Lead design, implementation, and management of EPMA programme.
Oversee stabilisation and development of clinical systems team.
Develop and implement change management strategies.
Establish robust programme governance and reporting structures.
Engage and collaborate with clinicians, operational teams, and external partners.
Monitor progress, manage budgets and resources, and ensure delivery of measurable benefits.
Main duties of the job
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Lead the design, implementation, and management of a comprehensive transformation programme, focussing on improving the delivery of health services across the Trust
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Collaborate with clinical and operational teams to identify areas for improvement, and develop strategies to enhance patient outcomes, service delivery, and efficiency
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Develop and implement change management strategies to support the adoption of new processes, systems, and technologies across the organisation
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Lead and manage large-scale transformation programmes from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy, priorities, and best practice guidelines.
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Lead, develop and establish a number of large and complex Trust wide multi-year programmes focused around the organisation's governing objectives and delivery priorities.
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Lead, develop and establish a portfolio of projects and programmes across the Trust including the identification of milestones, communication strategies, risks and mitigation plans while minimising disruption to existing services and ensuring these are consistent with overall Trust and wider NHS strategy. This will include managing projects from inception to completion and developing short-, medium- and long-term strategies for transformation.
About us
Are you an experienced programme manager with a passion for digital transformation in healthcare? Do you have a track record of delivering complex change programmes and leading high-performing teams?
About the Role
Lead the Trust's Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) programme and oversee the stabilisation of our clinical systems team.
Responsible for successful delivery of EPMA programme, ensuring governance, stakeholder engagement, and measurable benefits.
Focus will shift to full-time EPMA implementation and optimisation in the second half of the year.
About You
Educated to degree level or equivalent experience; relevant Masters or programme management qualification desirable.
Extensive experience in programme management within NHS or healthcare sector, ideally with digital or clinical systems transformation.
Proven track record of delivering large-scale change programmes.
Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
Ability to analyse complex data and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
Commitment to equality, diversity, and Trust values.
Why Join Us?
Lead a high-profile digital transformation programme with significant impact on patient care.
Develop your leadership and programme management skills in a dynamic environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Stakeholder engagement and collaboration
- Engage with key stakeholders, including clinicians, patients, commissioners, and external partners, to ensure alignment of transformation goals and objectives
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, partner bodies, and service users, to gain support and commitment for transformation initiatives.
- Responsible for managing and assessing a complex range of data and making informed recommendations which are focussed on outcomes that meet external and internal customers and patient needs.
- Responsible for mediating and advising in areas where there are differences of opinion.
- Use data-driven presentations to challenge existing work practices and beliefs for varying audiences.
- To collaboratively determine key performance indicators to enable easy tracking of deliverables by SROs, Clinical Leads, and operational teams.
- Design, facilitate and lead project management meetings and regular meetings with other stakeholders.
- Produce written documentation, including status reports, information/data/reports as required for Trust and Clinical management at Divisional and Executive level
- Lead and influence existing opinions in order to launch and sustain change initiatives.
- Lead and mentor a team of project managers, ensuring effective collaboration, communication and professional development
Performance Measurement and Benefits Realisation
- Oversee the programmes budget, resource allocation, and timelines, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget
- Engaged clinical expertise to drive initiatives that are clinically informed and patient-centred
- Monitor and report on the progress of transformation initiatives, providing regular updates to the executive team and board
- Ensure that the programme delivers measurable benefits to the organisation. Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensure that planned benefits are realised and sustained over time.
Human Resources & Financial Resources
- Line manager for own staff/ staff of major area of activity
- Oversee programme budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within financial constraints. Manage resources efficiently, optimising team performance to achieve programme outcomes
Job description
Job responsibilities
Stakeholder engagement and collaboration
- Engage with key stakeholders, including clinicians, patients, commissioners, and external partners, to ensure alignment of transformation goals and objectives
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, partner bodies, and service users, to gain support and commitment for transformation initiatives.
- Responsible for managing and assessing a complex range of data and making informed recommendations which are focussed on outcomes that meet external and internal customers and patient needs.
- Responsible for mediating and advising in areas where there are differences of opinion.
- Use data-driven presentations to challenge existing work practices and beliefs for varying audiences.
- To collaboratively determine key performance indicators to enable easy tracking of deliverables by SROs, Clinical Leads, and operational teams.
- Design, facilitate and lead project management meetings and regular meetings with other stakeholders.
- Produce written documentation, including status reports, information/data/reports as required for Trust and Clinical management at Divisional and Executive level
- Lead and influence existing opinions in order to launch and sustain change initiatives.
- Lead and mentor a team of project managers, ensuring effective collaboration, communication and professional development
Performance Measurement and Benefits Realisation
- Oversee the programmes budget, resource allocation, and timelines, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget
- Engaged clinical expertise to drive initiatives that are clinically informed and patient-centred
- Monitor and report on the progress of transformation initiatives, providing regular updates to the executive team and board
- Ensure that the programme delivers measurable benefits to the organisation. Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensure that planned benefits are realised and sustained over time.
Human Resources & Financial Resources
- Line manager for own staff/ staff of major area of activity
- Oversee programme budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within financial constraints. Manage resources efficiently, optimising team performance to achieve programme outcomes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Relevant Masters qualification or equivalent experience of working as a senior operational or strategic manager in a relevant field
- Project or programme management training, qualification or equivalent recognised qualification
- Evidence on ongoing CPD activity
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in programme management, particularly within the NHS or healthcare sector, with a focus on mental health services
- Proven track record of leading large-scale transformation programmes, from concept through to successful implementation
- Strong track record in change management, particularly in environments subject to significant policy, regulatory, or operational changes.
- Demonstrated ability to work with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
- Strong knowledge of programme management methodologies, such as PRINCE2, MSP, or Agile
- Experience of managing a team to achieve delivery of planned benefits
- Experience influencing staff at all levels to ensure project objectives are owned by all members of the team including users and stakeholders. Evidence of the ability to involve teams in analysis of situation and solution development; persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to constructively challenge the status quo
- Experience of budget management
- Experience of financial recovery and turnaround, or improving financial sustainability within an organisation
- Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities.
- Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities
- Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Relevant Masters qualification or equivalent experience of working as a senior operational or strategic manager in a relevant field
- Project or programme management training, qualification or equivalent recognised qualification
- Evidence on ongoing CPD activity
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in programme management, particularly within the NHS or healthcare sector, with a focus on mental health services
- Proven track record of leading large-scale transformation programmes, from concept through to successful implementation
- Strong track record in change management, particularly in environments subject to significant policy, regulatory, or operational changes.
- Demonstrated ability to work with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
- Strong knowledge of programme management methodologies, such as PRINCE2, MSP, or Agile
- Experience of managing a team to achieve delivery of planned benefits
- Experience influencing staff at all levels to ensure project objectives are owned by all members of the team including users and stakeholders. Evidence of the ability to involve teams in analysis of situation and solution development; persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to constructively challenge the status quo
- Experience of budget management
- Experience of financial recovery and turnaround, or improving financial sustainability within an organisation
- Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities.
- Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities
- Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
